Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

to me many special teachings, other than what he
imparted to them.
Before I finished this section of my life, I should like to
make clear that it was necessary for me to go to Xi Kang
to obtain the secret doctrines of the third initiation (dbang)
which is not completely available in China. By this, one
is empowered to practice the Tantras requiring the
participation of a female consort. These yogas have
certainly been practiced by me both with my own wife
and with other consorts. But I have not gone into detail of
them out of respect for the position of the two bhikshus
present. Bhikshus being celibate members of the sangha
only practice the third initiation of the Tantras, if at all, as
interior practice, never of course using an external
consort.
From this period I gathered numerous empowerments
and other instructions from seven different schools of the
Tantra in Tibet: Gelugpa, Nyingmapa, Kargyupa,
Shangpa, Jonangpa (Kalacakra), Drukpa (Kargyupa
branch) and Sakyapa. The practices have their
corresponding texts which may only be read and learned
by those empowered for the meditation which they
described. Naturally such books are never published, as
their contents are only meaningful after the proper
instruction has been given.
It is also worth noting that many of the teachers, of whom
I was a pupil, were not famous or those with established
reputations (though some were). The majority were little
known, and often living in remote wild places with very
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